Harebrained. Reckless. Crazy optimists. Family and friends shook their heads in disbelief when two retired couples made plans to cross the Atlantic on their fixer-upper sailboat, Odyssey. With no ocean-going experience and clinging to little more than fond memories, the impulsive mariners set out to cross nearly 4,000 miles of ocean in hopes of reaching the Greek Isles. Their thirty-year friendship is tested as they struggle with ocean storms, near calamities, and too much togetherness on a fifty-foot boat. But occasional triumphs and exciting ports keep the fragile dream alive and Odyssey’s bow heading east.

Sailors, landlubbers, armchair travelers, and anyone who enjoys adventure mixed with humor will want to join these innocents on their two-year journey.